Railway photography has been my great love for many
years, and Brindabella Railgrafx is an opportunity for me
to share the results with you. I've presented here
several series of photos arranged around a particular theme,
and I will periodically add to them. Brindabella Railgrafx
will also present guest galleries as the opportunity arises.

This page is the starting point for all the galleries
on this site. To enter a gallery, simply click on the link
from the list below which will take you to the gallery
thumbnails. You can then either choose a photo from the
thumbnails or click on the Next arrow. Then use the Back and
Next arrows to navigate your way through the gallery. The
Galleries button will bring you back here while the Home
button will send you to the home page.

All images and photographs are copyright of Alan Shaw
and the photographers in each individual gallery. Downloads
for personal use are OK, but permission is required for
any other use. The images presented here are intended
only for screen viewing which is reflected in their
resolution and file size. Requests for publication are
welcome.

Galleries added in 2011:Western
Wanderings 5 Photos taken between Grandchester and
Malu from late 2008 and 2009. 16 photos. Western
Wanderings 6Photos between Grandchester and
Oakey taken in 2010. 12 photos. Western
Wanderings 7Photos between Forest Hill and Oakey
taken in 2010. 12 photos.Uniform
Gauge 4 Another batch of images from the standard
gauge south of Brisbane, taken between 2007 and 2010. 14
photos.

Note: Galleries added in 2009 and before were
lovingly handcrafted in AOLPress and will look very
different from the newer galleries added in 2011 and later.

Galleries added in 2009:West
by South West 2 More images on the south west
line, in pursuit of the now-gone "Quirky Rail" train to
Dirranbandi. 12 photos.West
by South West 1 Some images of a 2007 trip to
Goondiwindi and beyond, in search of "Quirky Rail". 12 photos.Western
Wanderings 4Another batch of photos from points
west of Ipswich from 2007 and 2008. 12 photos.

Galleries added in 2006:Sunrise
- Sunset A selection of railway images
against some of nature's finest lighting displays. 12
photos.Night Moves Streaks of light across the
frame. 10 photos.

Older Galleries:Motive
Power Competition 2004 The results of being
challenged to be creative, as part of the Motive Power
Competition 2004 - by Alan Shaw and Malcolm Jenkins. 21
photos.Along
Tasmanian Lines A selection of scenes from
around Tasmania in the mid 1980s. 25 photos.On
Shed in Tasmania A selection
of shed scenes, mostly around Hobart.12
photos.Emu
Bay Railway Some
photos of the Emu Bay Railway in the mid 1980s. 10 photos.Uniform
Gauge Line The standard gauge line between
Brisbane and Casino.15 photos.Along
Queensland Lines -1 Some scenes of the railways
west of Brisbane. 21 photos.Along
Queensland Lines -2 Some more scenes from
Queensland Rail, taking in Brisbane and points north. 17
Photos.On
Shed in Queensland A selection of shed
scenes. 9 photos.On
Shed at Yeerongpilly A selection of shed
scenes at the northern extremity of the standard gauge.
8 photos.Around
Brisbane:Suburban trains in Brisbane, mostly the
now defunct loco-hauled sets. 8 photos.Along
NSW Lines: A few scenes from New South Wales,
mostly in the southern part of the state. 11 photos.Tarago
Ore Train A look at
the Tarago ore train which operated until the early 1990s. 4
photos.Bungendore
A few photos around this small picturesque station. 4
photos.Murray
Bridge A brief look at railway activity
in this river town. 5 photos.Fog
and Rain A selection of photos taken in
inclement weather.10 photos.Black
Diamonds A look at coal
trains, mostly in Queensland but some in Tasmania.15
photos.Vapour
Trails A selection of steam
locomotives from Tasmania, NSW and Queensland. 14 photos.Workin'
on the Railway Photos of workers who run the
trains.9 photos.Mixed
Train Monthly: (Temporarily unavailable)
A miscellaneous collection, where trains aren't the
subject. 9 photos.

I first met Malcolm because of our shared interest
in modelling Australian railways in N scale. It wasn't long
before I discovered he had a passion for photography as well,
and was soon enticing me with descriptions of some of his slides
dating from the late 1960s. So it wasn't long before the odd
slide show was being organised, with a plentiful supply of
red wine to mellow the tone of the evening. After some slight
persuading, I then borrowed parts of his collections and scanned
them - with the results appearing here.Hopefully
I'll be able to add to these galleries in time.

Lonesome
Whistles:
A selection of evocative scenes of steam trains deep
in their environment. 7 photos.The
Big Wheel: A slightly broad interpretation
of the term, but in any case it's still steam at the head
of passenger trains.10 photos.Smoke on the Water: Some photos of the difficult to beat combination of
trains on bridges. 7 photos.59s on Parade:
A gallery of the imported US designed war locomotive.
11 photos.Steamy
Nocturne: Three views of steam locos at rest
under the stars.3 photos.Short
North: A small gallery of
trains around Newcastle. 4 photos.

Melanie and I first met at University in Tasmania
where our shared interests were very different from trains. It
was not until almost the end of my studies that I became
aware that, possibly as a result of being part of a
traditional railway family, Melanie also had a passion for
both photography and railways. I was fortunate enough to
browse through her collection of railway and non-railway
images and quickly realised that here was someone else who
thought beyond the traditional three quarter view.

Our paths separated for a few years until we
independently found ourselves in Canberra, where Melanie still
lives. I'd been pestering her for quite some time to get some
of her images onto this site, when a rather large parcel of
slides arrived. Several weeks of scanning later I had the
basis for the images shown below, although to my embarrassment
it has taken a further couple of years to get them on
Railgrafx.

Delays notwithstanding, I'm hoping to be able to bring
more of Melanie's work to these pages this year, in particular
some of her splendid black and white work.

These galleries firstly show some of her Tasmanian
images, while later ones show her representations of activity
on the Australian mainland.

To see the images on this site at their best you may need
to check your monitor's contrast and brightness settings. Here's
how:

Turn
the monitor contrast all the way up. Adjust the monitor
brightness up until you can see a difference between the darkest
block and the one to the right of it. If needed, adjust the
monitor contrast until you can see the difference between the
lightest block and the one to the left of it.